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Blogging For Bucks

If you read my blog, it is most likely you are either a) a friend who is trying to get inside my head, or b) want to make money from blogging. I am going with the latter. You, like me, may be frustrated with Google for a variety of reasons that we won’t go into, [...]

Problems At Technorati

Something is up at Technorati.  For more than a month now I have been having problems with them properly indexing one of my blogs.  Despite the fact that it was being updated either manually or automatically with daily digest posts, http://www.bradsotherblog.com was simply not getting its ping through to Technorati.  This just isn’t me, either.
The [...]

U Comment I Follow Frauds

This is going to be a regularly updated list of people fraudulently advertising the U Comment I Follow banner without having their nofollow turned off for commentors.  The whole purpose of the system is to provide those people with a link for search engines to follow.  While crap can happen and the nofollow can accidentally [...]

5 Common Noobie Blogging Tips That Are Wrong Most Of The Time

5) Don’t Advertise On Your Noobie Blog. People who tell you not to advertise don’t usually have your best interest at heart.
The first kind of people to give that advice are readers who want something for nothing. Second kind are bloggers who think if you don’t have ads their advertising will get a better click [...]

Theme Changes

The question of whether you should make theme adjustments is always a difficult one to answer.  It is even be harder to do and not negatively affect your onsite readers.  That being said here are my thoughts.

Limit major theme changes to no more than once a month.  Anymore than once a month clearly defines [...]